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A few days ago, I was invited to a Ramadan Sohoor gathering by one of my vendors along with almost one hundred other guests. As is...

I cannot remember when I became completely apolitical. For well over thirty years when lecturing about Arab culture, I used to dread...

Many British readers will remember the great storm that hit England in October 1987 for the destruction and havoc it left behind it...

Every journey has to come to an end, and when my 25-year journey in Britain came to an end, the most frequent question I was asked when...

When I arrived back in Jordan in 2004 it did not take one of my relatives too long to introduce me to new acquaintances and friends as...